once more unto the breech - please try a snapshot so I can release this thing

Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) gsw@agere.com
Tue Jan 17 15:26:00 GMT 2006


Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>   You know, it occurs to me that the english language lacks -
>>>> but could greatly use - a word meaning [...]

>   Ah, but it's not the self-doubt to which I am alluding, but the
> feelings of shame, self-loathing, embarassment, utter hatred of the
> entire universe, and ennui which arise out of an occasion on which
> your actions have been guided by that self-doubt.

I know it's not quite one word, but perhaps "dubiety anxiety" comes
close?

-gsw



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